Prof. Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in a New York Times article focused on the 18-year sentence of Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes. Rozenshtein, who has written extensively about sedition, cautioned that it could be difficult to use the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys cases as any kind of precedent to build a sedition case against Mr. Trump.

“Trump is a unique defendant in a league by himself,” Rozenshtein said. “He’s also a chaos agent and pinning down his actions in a way that shows he did any sort of planning has always been the tricky part.”

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, served as associate reporter on the Principles of the Law, Government Ethics, which was approved at the American Law Institute's (ALI) annual meeting this week.

From the Press Release:

PHILADELPHIA – The American Law Institute’s membership voted today to approve Principles of the Law, Government Ethics. The Principles project began in 2009, and is the Institute’s first project on this important topic.

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was interviewed by Minnesota Lawyer on a recent piece of legislation passed in Minnesota that aims to regulated the use of deepfake technology. While the technology has been around since the 90's, recent leaps forward in AI have greatly accelerate the use and efficacy of deepfakes. With the technology being both easier to use and more powerful than ever, many are concerned that Deepfakes will be used maliciously, especially in the world of politics.

Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed on WCCO News to discuss the current state of inflation. Commenting on the matter, Professor Vaaler shared, "I see a lot of really positive things. For example, we're back at all-time unemployment lows, especially here in the Twin Cities, somewhere around 2%, 3%. That's frictional unemployment. The extraordinary times may be behind us. What is that Chinese proverb? 'May you live in interesting times.' Maybe they're gonna get a little less interesting in the near term," Vaaler said. "Trends tell you a lot.

Professor Richard Painter was quoted by the New York Post in an article discussing President Biden's omission of several vacations where the he did not pay the owner of the property for his stay from his financial disclosure. The financial disclosure forms of individuals occupying powerful seats in the federal government have been receiving extra scrutiny as of late, especially after it was discovered that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had similar issue of non-reporting.

Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in the Star Tribune in an article discussing a massive change in Minnesota's juvenile justice system. A newly passed public safety bill aims to create a new statewide office dedicated to keeping youth from being sentenced in courts, while still holding them accountable. Discussing the change, Professor Moriearty stated, "We have a lot of people sitting in prison now who've been there for decades for juvenile offenses,  who have done everything they can possibly do to show that they're ready to come home."